Missha

Stopped by the store again yesterday. I just love the girls! Really nice relaxed atmosphere to shop in. No one pressuring you to buy or breathing down your neck watching your every move so you can try testers in peace. I’m not that familiar with Missha. Only knew about the brand when I walked into this new beautiful store one day. The store is curated with other good brand products too (very thoughtful collection). I love their nail polish line so much and I stop by about once a month to check if they got more in. The polish got me in the door and now I’m branching out to their skincare. I am hooked on the Super Aqua line. Cleansing water and makeup wipes are awesome! So refreshing and doesn’t feel harsh. They sometimes have free samples too which is a great way to try it out if you’re not familiar with the line. I prefer Missha over certain other Korean beauty stores. Just feels like it’s better quality. If I wasn’t overstocked on beauty products that I got before I discovered Missha (working hard to use that stuff up first), I’d stock up on a whole lot of Missha!

I really liked this store but this one closed down a few months ago. I’m a fan of their body creams (honey and lavender). The mango body wash smells great also.
The only one that exists in New York now is in Queens.

This is seriously THE place to go to for inexpensive makeup. (Especially if you’re like me – makeup-​challenged and curious, but not curious enough to shell out $ 21 498 for extremely high-​end products.)
This is in Times Square, between 36^th and 37^th. We didn’t manage to find this place the first time because we gave up one street before it was about to turn up (damnit!). They have freaking everything in here (lotion, face masks, mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow, foundation, body butter, body wash, hair stuff…).
They didn’t have the face cream I was looking for until next month (damnit), but everything in here was dirt cheap because all of it (ALL OF IT) was 70% off. Thus, I bought 5 items normally priced at $ 6 – 7 each for $ 10.06. (This was in late March.) I mainly got liquid eyeliner and eyeshadow sticks; they work really well, when I’m not failing at life and stabbing myself in the eye.

I wandered into this place and bought a couple items that I totally fell in love with. The face mask I got is amazing. And the body wash «ice cream» had the best smell ever. So sad they discontinued it.
Prices are pretty inexpensive (as far as skin care goes) but for a long time, they didn’t do online orders. I think they are now… Or, at least, I am going to attempt to do one. Maybe I’ll update this if I’m successful.

Totally dig this place! The location is a bit annoying, Times Sqaure and all, but it was pretty empty when we stopped in here yesterday. I grabbed a bunch of stuff: 2 eyeshadow tubeys ($ 1.20 a pop), some lavender hand cream for my mama ($ 4.99), some toner with sea salt ($ 6.99), and a face mask to try out, some tangerine thing? It was $ 1.99. Now, these are very reasonable prices, but to top things off, they took 30% for the customer appreciation sale. You do the math (I can’t do it without an Excel spreadsheet anyway).